The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office received 283 calls for service between Dec. 12 and Dec. 18. Below are selected, notable incidents. 

At 5:03 p.m. Dec. 12, police were called to a business in Port Hadlock in response to a couple’s loud argument. The caller was asked to call on behalf of the woman after having seen her and a man arguing loudly. The man had pounded his fists on a car before driving away.

The woman went back inside, telling police upon their arrival the argument had only been verbal and that her boyfriend had been mad about her shopping. He’d been insisting she move her car so he could leave. 

There was no evidence a crime had been committed. 

At 11:43 p.m. Dec. 12, police cited and released a driver with a suspended license in Port Ludlow.

The driver was pulled over for having no license plate lights and was found to have had their license suspended in Virginia. 

The driver was cited and released. 

At 4:24 p.m. Dec. 13, someone called police to report a man had stolen a tree from the property of their in-laws in Quilcene.

The caller heard a chainsaw running and went to investigate only to discover a man had felled a maple tree onto the water system of the caller’s in-laws.

The caller gave a description of the man and vehicle.

A suspect was located and taken into custody at about 6 p.m. and admitted to having stolen the wood, some of which was sold to another man for $1,100. 

Deputies confiscated a receipt of the sale and the investigation is ongoing. 

At 11:15 p.m. Dec. 13, police received a call about a mysterious trespasser on private property in Port Hadlock.

The caller owns three living units on a property that didn’t have electricity for months. 

That day, however, the property owner noticed lights in one of the buildings and a woman walking about the property via a security video. The woman was carrying a bag and the owner was concerned she might be squatting there. Police arrived and searched the property, locating a purse with an ID inside and a heater, which was turned on. They also contacted a man who lives in a trailer nearby. He said he’d seen a woman there recently and she’d told him she’d arranged a ride to Bainbridge Island that day.

At 11:50 p.m. Dec. 13, police arrested a man in Brinnon for drug possession.

Deputies were in the area of Piccini Lane searching for the subject of an open warrant when they came across an idling vehicle with two people inside. The driver said they had just come from the beach and admitted to having no license. Upon inquiring, police found he had a suspended license and was required to have an interlock device in his vehicle. 

The driver consented to having the vehicle searched, during which police found what they suspected to be methamphetamine. 

The man was arrested without incident. 

At 8:25 p.m. Dec. 14, police arrested a man in Quilcene for driving while intoxicated. 

A resident called to report the man had been sitting in his truck with the engine idling in their driveway for about
15 minutes. When asked, the man said he was looking for a friend. He smelled of alcohol, the caller said, and slurred his words. 

Police arrived and found the man driving nearby. They pulled him over and conducted a field sobriety test, at which the driver did poorly. 

The man was arrested without incident. 

At 11:34 a.m. Dec. 17, a Nordland resident reported an overturned small boat in the water near their property.

It was either a kayak or small sailboat. Nobody was visible in the water and no debris was floating nearby.

Police arrived and were informed the kayak had been recovered by its owners. It had evidently come loose and drifted away during high tide.